1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship

{{Short description|Canadian women's curling championship}}

{{Infobox curling

| Name = 1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

| Arena = Sault Memorial Gardens

| Dates = February 26–March 2

| Attendance =

| Winner = {{MB}}

| Curling club = Stony Mountain CC, Stony Mountain

| Skip = Cathy Pidzarko

| Third = Chris Pidzarko

| Second = Iris Armstrong

| Lead = Patti Vanderkerckhove

| Coach =

| Finalist =

| prev = {{STOH|1977}}

| next = {{STOH|1979}}

}}

The 1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 26 to March 2, 1978, at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ron Rauch. (27 February 1978). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xJVjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZHoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6171%2C3282776 Godwin splits opening-day] The Phoenix, Retrieved 18 November 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3eDEwZmXtlkC&dat=19780303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title = The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search}}

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Cathy Pidzarko won the event by finishing round robin play with a 7–3 record. This was Manitoba's third championship with their last title coming in {{STOH|1967}}.

This would be the last women's championship to have a champion determined by round robin and the last one before the creation of the Women's World Curling Championship.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:{{cite web |title=1978 Macdonald Lassies |url=https://stats.curling.io/canadian-women/1978 |website=Curling Canada Stats Archive |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=24 February 2023}}

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!bgcolor="#0033ff" width="200"|{{font color|white|Alberta}}

!bgcolor="#0099ff" width="200"|British Columbia

!bgcolor="#ffff99" width="200"|Manitoba

!bgcolor="#ffff33" width="200"|New Brunswick

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|align=left| Edmonton Thistle CC, Edmonton

Skip: Betty Cole

Third: Liz Gemmell

Second: Anne McGarvey

Lead: Shirley Fisk

|align=left|Richmond CC, Richmond

Skip: Heather Haywood

Third: Bernice McCallan

Second: Shirley Snihur

Lead: Una Goodyear

|align=left| Stony Mountain CC, Stony Mountain

Skip: Cathy Pidzarko

Third: Chris Pidzarko

Second: Iris Armstrong

Lead: Patti Vanderkerckhove

|align=left| Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Karen McDermott

Third: Gisele Shaw

Second: Ilona Schnarr

Lead: Lillian Lavigne

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!bgcolor="#ff5577" width="200"|Newfoundland

!bgcolor="#cc99ee" width="200"|Nova Scotia

!bgcolor="#ff7777" width="200"|Ontario

!bgcolor="#009900" width="200"|Prince Edward Island

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|align=left| Carol CC, Labrador City{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3u4IRuqx0R4QzlZLWJXQUZ2dGs/view|title = Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files}}

Skip: Sue Anne Bartlett

Third: Patricia Dwyer

Second: Joyce Butt

Lead: Mavis Pike

|align=left| Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Penny LaRocque

Third: Brenda Shutt

Second: Charmaine Murray

Lead: Wendy Conrad

|align=left| Forest City CC, London

Skip: Sheila Seltzer

Third: Louise Davison

Second: Jane Chalmers

Lead: Marlene Linton

|align=left| Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Gloria Basha

Third: Marilyn Sutherland

Second: Wilma McLure

Lead: Marion Basha

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!bgcolor="#00ffff" width="200"|Quebec

!bgcolor="#33cc00" width="200"|Saskatchewan

!bgcolor="#cccccc" width="200"|Northwest Territories/Yukon

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|align=left| Montreal Caledonia CC, Westmount

Skip: Carole Topp

Third: Nicole Labelle

Second: Katherine Randall

Lead: Ann Delage

|align=left| Hub City CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Charlene Goodwin

Third: Holly Webster

Second: Nancy Bint

Lead: Betty Fairweather

|align=left| Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Donna Alexander

Third: Doris Sekulich

Second: Cecille Ward

Lead: Dora Delmage

Map of teams

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Round Robin standings

Final round robin standings

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|align=left|Lassies champion

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|style="text-align: left;"| {{MB}}

style="text-align: left;"| Cathy Pidzarko737348
style="text-align: left;"| {{NS}}style="text-align: left;"| Penny LaRocque647762
style="text-align: left;"| {{AB}}style="text-align: left;"| Betty Cole647268
style="text-align: left;"| {{BC}}style="text-align: left;"| Heather Haywood648068
style="text-align: left;"| {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}}style="text-align: left;"| Sue Anne Bartlett558171
style="text-align: left;"| {{NB}}style="text-align: left;"| Karen McDermott557173
style="text-align: left;"| {{ON}}style="text-align: left;"| Sheila Seltzer557781
style="text-align: left;"| {{PE}}style="text-align: left;"| Gloria Basha556183
style="text-align: left;"| {{QC}}style="text-align: left;"| Carole Topp465579
style="text-align: left;"| {{SK}}style="text-align: left;"| Charlene Goodwin467369
style="text-align: left;"| {{NTYT}}style="text-align: left;"| Donna Alexander285876

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00).{{cite news |title=Lassie Figures |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119599968/ |access-date=24 February 2023 |work=The Sault Star |date=February 27, 1978}}

=Draw 1=

Sunday, February 26, 2:30 pm

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| team1 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|0|1|0|0|2|1|0|1|0|2| |7

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|3|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|0| |6

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=Draw 2=

Sunday, February 26, 7:30 pm

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| team1 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

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| team2 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

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| team2 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

|0|2|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|X| |6

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| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|1|1|0|0|3|2|0|0|1|X| |8

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| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

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| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|1|3| |8

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=Draw 3=

Monday, February 27, 2:00 pm

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|0|0|0|0|0|2|X|X|X|X| |2

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| team2 = {{QC}} (Topp)

|1|0|2|1|0|0|1|0|0|1| |6

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|0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|1|1| |7

| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0| |4

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|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|1|1|0| |7

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|1|0|2|0|1|0|2|0|0|2| |8

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=Draw 4=

Monday, February 27, 7:30 pm

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| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|X| |4

| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

|0|1|1|3|3|0|3|0|2|X| |13

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| sheet =

| team1 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

|0|3|0|1|2|3|0|1|1|X| |11

| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3

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| team2 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

|0|1|0|2|1|0|3|0|6|X| |13

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| team2 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

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=Draw 5=

Tuesday, February 28, 9:00 am

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| team2 = {{QC}} (Topp)

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| team2 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

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|2|0|0|2|0|4|0|3|0|2| |13

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=Draw 6=

Tuesday, February 28, 2:00 pm

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| team1 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

|0|1|2|2|0|0|3|3|1|X| |12

| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|2|0|0|0|3|1|0|0|1|X| |6

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| sheet =

| team1 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

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| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

|2|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|1| |6

}}

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| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

|0|0|1|0|3|0|0|1|2|2| |9

| team2 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

|3|0|0|2|0|1|1|0|0|0| |7

}}

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| sheet =

| team1 = {{QC}} (Topp)

|1|1|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|2| |7

| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

|0|0|2|0|1|0|1|1|0|0| |5

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=Draw 7=

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm

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| team1 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

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| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

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| team1 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

|0|1|0|0|3|0|2|2|1|1| |10

| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

|2|0|2|1|0|2|0|0|0|0| |7

}}

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| sheet =

| team1 = {{SK}} (Goodwin)

|1|0|2|0|2|1|3|4|X|X| |13

| team2 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X| |2

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Bartlett)

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| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|0|1|0|0|2|0|0|X|X|X| |3

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

|1|0|1|0|2|2|0|1|0|X| |7

| team2 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|X| |4

}}

=Draw 8=

Wednesday, March 1, 2:00 pm

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| sheet =

| team1 = {{SK}} (Goodwin)

|0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|0 |5

| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Bartlett)

|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|2 |7

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|1|0|0| |6

| team2 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

|1|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|1|1| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

|0|1|3|3|0|0|2|X|X|X| |9

| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|X|X|X| |2

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{QC}} (Topp)

|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|0|X|X| |3

| team2 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

|2|2|1|2|1|0|1|1|X|X| |10

}}

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| team1 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

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| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|4|0|X| |6

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=Draw 9=

Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 pm

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| team1 = {{QC}} (Topp)

|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|X|X| |3

| team2 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

|1|0|2|2|0|3|1|0|X|X| |9

}}

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| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

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| team2 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

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}}

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| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Bartlett)

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| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{SK}} (Goodwin)

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| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

|0|4|1|0|0|0|2|0|2|X| |9

| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

|2|0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|X| |5

}}

=Draw 10=

Thursday, March 2, 2:00 pm

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| team1 = {{PE}} (Basha)

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| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

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| team1 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

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| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

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| team2 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

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| team2 = {{MB}} (Pidzarko)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

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| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

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| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Bartlett)

|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|1|1|0| |6

}}

=Draw 11=

Tuesday, March 2, 7:00 pm

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| team1 = {{NB}} (McDermott)

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| team2 = {{NS}} (LaRocque)

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}}

{{Curlingbox

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|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|1| |4

| team2 = {{NTYT}} (Alexander)

|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|3|0| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{BC}} (Haywood)

|1|0|1|0|1|2|0|0|2|0| |7

| team2 = {{PE}} (Basha)

|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|2|0|2| |8

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{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{SK}} (Goodwin)

|0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|X| |4

| team2 = {{AB}} (Cole)

|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|X| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet =

| team1 = {{QC}} (Topp)

|2|0|3|0|1|0|0|0|1|0| |7

| team2 = {{ON}} (Seltzer)

|0|0|0|2|0|4|0|1|0|1| |8

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References

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